Which is better, 2x16GB or 4x8GB DDR4-3000?

[Hydros]

Hello,

I am building my PC, mainly for gaming as well as content creation such as Video Editing, Animation, etc. I know for Gaming 16GB is more ideal, however, I would rather build this PC to last without needing any upgrades for a while. So, with that I am going with 32GB DDR4-3000 Memory. The Motherboard I have is the MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA2011-3. CPU: Intel i7 6800K. I know that it can support Quad Channel DDR4. However I am just seeking input as to what I should get, 2 Sticks vs 4 Sticks of the RAM I am looking at. Money isn't an issue. I am just seeking for outside input as basically I can not decide which I want to go with. I can support Quad Channel fine, and also I know that Dual channel would be less strain on the Memory Controller as well. For what I want to do I want to lean towards the 4x8GB sticks for Quad Channel for Video Editing, Animation, Graphic Design, etc and also gaming will be done as well. Any Thoughts?

RAM I am looking at:
2 x16GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820236135&cm_re=Corsair_Vengeance-_-20-236-135-_-Product
4 x8GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820236137&cm_re=Corsair_Vengeance-_-20-236-137-_-Product

 

[Hydros]

Once again, you probably won't need to bother about the bandwidth until you start doing heavier overclocks and/or filling most RAM slots When you're there (if that happens), just be sure to adjust the bandwidths and other necessary settings as well.

Will definitely remember that! Thank you for the help! Also just a question if you may know, what Motherboards come Broadwell-E ready out of the box? And would you suggest getting from newegg or somewhere else?

 

[madmatt30]

Once again, you probably won't need to bother about the bandwidth until you start doing heavier overclocks and/or filling most RAM slots When you're there (if that happens), just be sure to adjust the bandwidths and other necessary settings as well.

Will definitely remember that! Thank you for the help! Also just a question if you may know, what Motherboards come Broadwell-E ready out of the box? And would you suggest getting from newegg or somewhere else?

stick with the taichi mate ( its the one I would have picked) - its most definitely Broadwell_E ready & advertised as a x99 refresh board for exactly that purpose.

You will be fine running 3000mhz ram on it full speed - the O.C comeent in the specs merely points to the fact that its not guaranteed to pick up the xmp profile automaticaclly & may need manually fine tuning from bios.